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Universal Music Group (UMG) has launched a new ‘Accelerator Network’ to help develop music-based startups around the world – and, naturally enough, get in there early before they get big. UMG says it will will work closely with existing entrepreneurial ‘accelerator’ programs around the world to ‘assist in the evaluation and development of music-based start-ups’.

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UK-born Global, best known for its British network of commercial radio stations, has acquired US-based digital audio ad sales company, AudioHQ. The move gives Global and ad sales and tech footprint in the US and, the company boasts, makes its proprietary ad platform DAX ‘the largest digital audio advertising platform in the world’. Global will now have offices across the US in locations including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit as AudioHQ is rebranded to DAX.

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BMG has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with British hip-hop pioneer Giggs – just as his mixtape Wamp 2 Dem lands at No.2 on the Official UK Album Chart. The deal includes rights to Giggs’s previous album Landlord, also a No.2 hit, as well as future work. Giggs has been a leading figure of the UK urban music scene since his acclaimed 2008 debut Walk in da Park. In recent years, his music has been embraced by major North American stars such as Drake.

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Sebastiaan Van Welie has been named as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Warner Music Benelux. He will start in the post on 13th November and report to Martin Jessurun, President, Warner Music Benelux. Sebastiaan Van Welie says: “I’m delighted to be joining Martin and the team at Warner Music Benelux. I’ve always been a massive music fan, so to be able to work in the business is a dream come true.

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Kobalt expects to turn over approximately half a billion dollars in its current financial year – after raising another $14m in a fresh funding round. The company’s latest Series D raise comes from Section 32 – the US-based venture capital fund created by Bill Maris, who was formerly head of Google Ventures. As part of the investment, Maris joins Kobalt’s Board of Directors.

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What does a songwriter really want from their relationship with a publisher? Well, the odd chunky paycheck doesn’t hurt, obviously. But over and above that, they want to know their pubco is working tirelessly on their behalf – and minimizing the inevitable grind of a professional existence. That’s certainly the case according to songwriter Jamie Hartman, anyway – who has just renewed his global publishing deal with New York-born indie Reservoir.

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His latest release, Mis Planes son Amarte, was the first visual album in Spanish and went to No. 1 in 14 countries. Juanes was recently nominated for five Latin Grammys, including Album of the Year and two for Record of the Year, making him the most nominated artist in Latin Grammy history. Juanes said, “I’m very excited to start this new stage in my songwriting career with Warner/Chappell Music, alongside Jon Platt and Gustavo Menendez, both of whom I’ve known for years.

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Entertainment One (eOne) has inked a deal to administer all music publishing assets owned by film and television studio BRON. eOne has provided music services on various BRON productions, including current films Monster, Drunk Parents, and the animated feature Henchmen. eOne also provided music services on BRON’s Welcome To Me, Meadowland, and The Philosophy of Phil.

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Atlantic Records and its sub-label Artist Partner Group (APG) are on the hunt for extraordinary artists online. The Warner-owned record companies have launched EMERGE, which they dub a ‘groundbreaking nationwide, social media-driven search for exceptional teen Pop/R&B talent’. The companies have partnered with AEG Presents, Deckstar, Deutsch and Spotify for the initiative.

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Fast-growing transatlantic management company the James Grant Group (JGG) has fully acquired London-based 10 Management, MBW has learned. 10 Management is Take That’s long-term management company, and is led by founder Jonathan Wild. The firm has represented Take That since the record-breaking British group reformed in 2006. MBW is told that JGG will now represent both Take That as a band and the solo careers of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald.

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